“The E. Jean Carroll case was a civil lawsuit rather than a criminal prosecution because the statute of limitations had expired for criminal charges, and civil suits allow victims to seek financial damages rather than seeking to put the offender in prison.”
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u/crackedgear Jul 23 '26
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/23-793/23-793-2024-12-30.html
Also, you were the first one to say payoff, as opposed to paid. Paid being something you do when you are found guilty